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INVENTOA Denton Sfewqrd %/4-- United States Patent Oiice 3,070,090 Patented Dec. 25, 1962 3,070,099 COMBINED SMOKERS PIPE AND TAMPER THEREFR Denton Steward, 413 W. Broadus, Fort Worth, Tex. Filed Feb. 23, 1962, Ser. No. 175,133 2 Claims. (Cl. 131-184) This invention relates to a combined smokers pipe and tamper therefor, and it concerns more particularly the combination of a pipe, a tamper for the pipe, and a holder for the tamper formed integrally with the pipe.

ln pipe smoking it is essential that the tobacco be properly tamped in the pipe bowl, before the pipe is lighted and at intervals thereafter as the smoking proceeds, soy

that the pipe will draw well. A suitable tool is not always available, and it is sometimes necessary to use the fingers, which keeps the fingers `dirty and sometimes results in burns.

An object of this invention is to provide an arrangement whereby a suitable tamping device, hereinafter referred to as a tamper, is removably associated with a pipe having a holder for the tamper formed integrally therewith whereby the tamper is readily available when needed.

Another object of the invention is to provide an arrangement as described in which the tamper and its holder do not increase substantially the weight of the pipe or affect its normal use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder for the tamper whereby it is kept clean and at the same time is not affected by the heat from the pipe and remains cool enough to handle without burning the fingers.

The invention contemplates, in combination with a smokers pipe having a unitary bowl and stem portion, a tamper for the pipe having an elongated, cylindrical stem portion serving as its handle and having an end portion of relatively larger diameter than the `stem portion engageable with the contents of the pipe bowl, and a tubular holder for the tamper formed integrally with the unitary bowl and stem portion of the pipe and extending along the top side of the stem portion thereof, in vertical alignment with its longitudinal center line, beginning at its juncture with the bowl, the tubular holder having an axial bore, substantially coextensive therewith, open at its outer end and having a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the stem portion of the tamper, the tamper normally having its stem portion received in the bore of the holder.

The invention also contemplates a structure as described in which the tubular holder is longer than the stem portion of the tamper whereby the inner end of the tamper is spaced apart from the bowl of the pipe and is not affected by the heat therefrom, whereby the tamper is cool to the touch at all times and can be handled without burning the fingers.

The invention further contemplates such a structure in which the tubular holder has circumferentially spaced holes in the top and two opposite sides of its peripheral wall adjacent its inner end, communicating with the interior of its bore, to assist in dissipating heat therefrom and to further insure that the tamper will be cool to the touch.

The invention will be readily understood by referring to the following description and the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. l is a top plan view of a combined smokers pipe and tamper therefor, showing the invention as applied to a pipe having a straight stem;

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal elevational view thereof, partly in section taken on the line 2-2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal elevational View, partly in section taken on a median line, of a combined smokers pipe and tamper therefor, showing the invention, as applied to a pipe having a curved stem;v

FIG. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 5` is a transverse sectional View taken on the line 5 5 of FIG. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the numeralA 1 designates generally a smokers pipe which is of conventional construction except as hereinafter described, and the numeral 2 indicates generally a tamper for the pipe '1.

The pipe 1 may be of the straight stem type, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, or of the curved stem type as shown in FIG. 3. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pipe 1 includes a bowl 3 having a stem portion 4 formed integrally therewith, and a removable stem portion 5. The bowl 3 and stem portion 4 advantageously may be made of briar wood or meerschaum, for example, and the removable stem portion 5 may be made of hard rubber or the like, in the usual manner. The bowl 3 and the removable stem portion 5 shown in FIG. 3 are similar to corresponding parts 3 and 5 shown in FIGS. l and 2.

The tamper 2, which is formed in one piece and advantageously may be made of all metal such as aluminum, for example, has an elongated, cylindrical stem portion 6, which serves as the handle thereof, and an end portion 7 of relatively larger diameter than the stem portion 6 which, in use, is engageable with the contents of the bowl 3.

A tubular holder for the tamper 2, designated generally by the numeral 8, is formed integrally with the bowl 3 and stem portion 4 of the pipe 1. The tubular holder 8 is arranged parallel to and above the stem portion 4, and extends along the top side of the stem portion 4, in vertical alignment with its longitudinal center line, beginning at the juncture of the stem portion 4 with the bowl 3.

The tubular holder 8 has an axial bore 9, substantially coextensive therewith, which is open at the end thereof opposite the bowl 3. The bore 9 has a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the stem portion 6 of the tamper 2, which is normally received therein.

The tubular holder 8 is longer than the stem portion 6 of the tamper 2, so that the end of the stem portion 6 of the tamper 2 nearest the bowl 3 is spaced apart from the corresponding end of the bore 9, in the assembled position of the tamper 2 relative to the tubular holder 8, and the position of the tamper 2 relative to the bowl 3 is such that the portion of the tubular holder 8 immediately adjacent the tamper 2 is not heated substantially by the burning of material in the bowl 3v and remains relatively cool at all times whereby the tamper 2 may he readily removed from the tubular holder 8, as shown in dotted lines in FIGS. 2 and 3, without burning the lingers.

A plurality of circumferentially spaced holes 10 are formed in the top and two opposite side portions of the peripheral wall of the tubular holder 8 adjacent the end nearest the bowl 3. The holes 10 communicate with the interior of the bore 9 and assist in dissipating heat therefrom, to further insure that the tamper 2 will remain cool to the touch at all times.

The invention may be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

I claim:

1. In combination with a smokers pipe having a unitary bowl and stem portion, a tamper for the pipe having an elongated, cylindrical stem portion serving as its handle and having an end portion of relatively larger diameter than the stem portion engageable with the contents of the pipe bowl, and a tubular holder for the tamper formed integrally with the unitary bowl and stem portion of the pipe and extending along the top side of the stem portion thereof, in vertical alignment with its longitudinal center line, beginning at its juncture with the bowl, the tubular holder having an axial bore, substantially coextensive therewith, open at the end thereof opposite the bowl and having a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the stem portion of the tamper, the tamper normally having its stem portion received in the bore of the holder, the tubular holder being longer than the stem portion of the tamper whereby the end of the tamper nearest the bowl is spaced apart from the bowl of the pipe, in the assembled position of the tamper relative to the pipe, and is not affected by the heat from the bowl, whereby the tamper is cool to the touch at al1 times and can be handled without burning the fingers.

2. The structure of claim 1, the tubular holder having References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 944,418 Drew Dec. 28, 1909 FOREIGN PATENTS 2,609 Great Britain 1893 

